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Sasha Gorski helped launch Providence-based Talaria LLC in 2019. She started as a trimmer, grow hand and graphic designer. She is now co-owner, chief operating officer and head of marketing and brand strategy for the cannabis cultivator. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Define your brand

Sasha Gorski | Talaria LLC co-owner Who are you, and why should people buy your product? In any competitive industry, especially one as fast growing...

PBN’s 2025 Business of Cannabis Summit slated for March 6

PROVIDENCE – The impact of recently released draft rules and regulations governing the state’s adult-use marijuana industry is among the topics to be discussed...

Cannabis use is rising among R.I. middle schoolers; high school alcohol...

Yesterday’s vices have lost some favor among Rhode Island’s teens and preteens, a new survey suggests.  And yet cannabis seems to have found a bigger...
LEGAL ­MATTERS: ­Michael J. ­Yelnosky, professor at the Roger Williams University School of Law, says a lawsuit filed by a California attorney and his wife against the social equity provisions of the Rhode Island Cannabis Act has a chance of throwing a monkey wrench into the licensing process. 
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Lawsuit creates uncertainty in retail cannabis licensing

During the debate over legalizing recreational cannabis, progressives fought hard to reserve a portion of the lucrative market for communities they argued were disproportionately...

Cannabis Control Commission advances dispensary licensing regs

PROVIDENCE – The Cannabis Control Commission on Friday voted to proceed with a draft regulation that will govern the selection process for new dispensaries. The...

Marijuana reclassification not expected until after presidential election

WASHINGTON (AP) – A decision on whether to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug in the U.S. won't come until after the November...

R.I. cannabis packaging could get more colorful and more informative

Drive along the highway and you’ll see plenty of big, attention-grabbing billboards with bright colors advertising Rhode Island’s few licensed cannabis retailers. But go...
RHODE ISLAND cannabis regulators have moved slowly to enact regulations and issue licenses for the retail cannabis industry in the state, which has upset some of the players involved. / PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

R.I. cannabis agency plodding ahead as counterpart in Mass. in chaos

The state of recreational cannabis in Rhode Island has been in a peculiar grey area for months, with regulations that will govern the multimillion-dollar...

CCRI launches first cannabis training program

WARWICK – The Community College of Rhode Island is launching an eight-week free cannabis training program through the college’s Division of Workforce Partnerships in...
CASH-ONLY CROP: Some of the products for sale at the cannabis retail store called Mother Earth Wellness in Pawtucket. Despite the Biden administration’s move to recategorize cannabis as a less-dangerous controlled drug on the federal level, it won’t do much to persuade banks to enter the sector. 
PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Pot regulation proposal leaves banking problem

The Biden administration’s move to reclassify marijuana as a less-dangerous controlled drug was hailed as a monumental step in reshaping national policy. But it...
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